Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1783 to 1964, then a self-governing colony, renamed Belize in June 1973, [2] until September 1981, when it gained full independence as Belize. British Honduras was the last continental possession of the United Kingdom in the Americas.
1] This is a list of viceroys in British Honduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981. Until 1862, the territory was under the vice-regency of the Governor of Jamaica , and administered by a Superintendent.
British Honduras in World War II (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "History of British Honduras" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Australian expatriates in British Honduras (1 P) H. History of British Honduras (7 C, 9 P) L. British Honduras law (2 C) P. British Honduras people (7 C, 16 P)
Asturias 1925, pp. 8–9, 11 ^ Balize, die jetzige hauptstadt von Britisch-Honduras, benannt nach dem Schotten Wallace (Wallis), einem der abenteurer, welche (um 1610) auf eigne faust in dem (damals span.) lande sich festzusetzen versuchten. Balize, the current capital of British Honduras, named after the Scotsman Wallace (Valais), one of the adventurers who (around 1610) tried to establish ...
During Lindo's presidency (1847–52), the British began pressuring Honduras for the payment of debts and other claims. In 1849 a British naval force briefly occupied the port of Trujillo, destroying property and extorting 1,200 pesos from the local government. The following year, Lindo's own vice president revolted and was prevented from ...
As the American Civil War erupted, British colonial leaders saw an opportunity to profit from the sale of arms and weapons to the Confederate States. Soon a profitable trade in arms to Americans boosted the colonial economy and British Honduras became sympathetic to the Confederate cause.
1893 in British Honduras (1 C) This page was last edited on 15 May 2019, at 05:50 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...